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“That was a creative choice. For better or worse, most of my writing life has been about people that work behind the scenes. I’m interested in finding extraordinary moments in otherwise normal people.”

The film is a dramatization of the operation to take out Osama bin Laden. Boal said that he’s been inspired by military films for more than a decade.

“Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals. As a screenwriter, I’m fascinated by people that put themselves at such great risk. And there’s so many inherently dramatic components — for example, the intelligence community — that make fertile ground for a dramatist.”

The film has come under some controversy for the CIA’s meeting with its filmmakers, and Boal was asked by Deadline, “How did you gather your firsthand accounts? Were you going through official channels or were you tracking down people on your own and using your own contacts?”

Boal said “It was a combination of all three of those methods. I certainly went through official channels, the public-affairs offices of the relevant agencies, as any reporter would do. I also did independent reporting, and you just kind of follow your nose and you build what you know one interview at a time.”

But Boal, who also worked on “The Hurt Locker,” assumes that a future piece will focus on the specific work done by the White House on the bin Laden operation. “Not to say there couldn’t be a great movie about the White House — I’m sure there will be someday, and somebody should write that movie. It just won’t be me.

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